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rightness

/rahyt-nis/US // ˈraɪt nɪs //UK // (ˈraɪtnɪs) //

正确性,权利,正当性,义

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : correctness or accuracy.
    • : propriety or fitness.
    • : moral integrity.
    • : Obsolete. straightness or directness.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounethics

Examples

  • I have access to a perspective that puts me in a position of authority and rightness.

  • There are profound differences in the psychology of the evangelical when it comes to being entitled to the rightness of belief.

  • Most female pop stars play directly into the “invisible rightness” that surrounds heterosexuality.

  • Wouk takes for granted - not only the rightness of the war's cause - but also the worth and merit of the warriors.

  • Since then they have fallen over themselves to prove the rightness of their forecast.

  • I believe in the rightness of it, and I believe I have a right to it.

  • We all want people to be convinced of the rightness (and righteousness) of our positions.

  • And so these features take on a kind of moral rightness before they are judged of as pleasing to the eye and as beautiful.

  • You may have similar qualms over rent and the rightness and wrongness of it.

  • And that again is because they are not clean enough themselves to value rightness above rubies!

  • And, during the years of my preparation, there never came to me a doubt of the rightness of my decision.

  • Again the assurance of perfect rightness came back in a mighty roar from the hills.